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Joss Ackland

Acting

Born February 29, 1928 · North Kensington, London, England, UK

Died November 19, 2023

Also known as جاس آکلند · Джосс Экленд · Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland

Biography

Sidney Edmond Jocelyn Ackland CBE (29 February 1928 – 19 November 2023) was an English actor who appeared in more than 130 film and television roles. He was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for portraying Jock Delves Broughton in White Mischief (1987). Description above from the Wikipedia article Joss Ackland, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Commander of the Order of the British Empire · 2001

Filmography50+ titles

A Woman Named Jackie

1991as Aristotle Onassis

Sherlock Holmes

1984as Jephro Rucastle

Enemy at the Door

as Major General Laidlaw

The Sweeney

1975as Alan Ember

The Avengers

1961as Brigadier Hansing

The Persuaders!

1971as Felix Meadowes

Hogfather

as Mustrum Ridcully

Midsomer Murders

1997as Sir Freddy Butler

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Grubber

The Hunt for Red October

1990as Ambassador Andrei Lysenko

Shadowlands

1985as CS Lewis

Natural World

1983as Self - Narrator (voice)

Hidden in Silence

1996as German Factory Manager

Citizen X

1995as Bondarchuk

Watership Down

1978as Black Rabbit (voice)

The Gentle Touch

as Ivor Stocker

Kingdom

2007as Mr. John Narbutowicz

The Thief and the Cobbler

1993as Brigand (voice)

The Mumbo Jumbo

2000as Mayor Smith

Lethal Weapon 2

1989as Arjen Rudd

A Zed & Two Noughts

1985as Van Hoyten

Lady Jane

1986as Sir John Bridges

Operation Daybreak

1975as Janák

The Little Prince

1974as The King

Flawless

2007as Milton Kendrick Ashtoncroft

Miracle on 34th Street

1994as Victor Landbergh

Tales of the Unexpected

1979as Colonel George Peregrine

Great Expectations

1974as Joe Gargery

The Three Musketeers

1973as D’Artagnan’s Father

Seven Days to Noon

1950as Station Policeman

Above and Beyond

as Winston Churchill

Firelight

1997as Lord Clare

Saint Jack

1979as Yardley

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002as Marshal Zelentsov

The Mighty Ducks

1992as Hans

Nowhere to Run

1993as Franklin Hale

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

1992as The Prussian

The Four Musketeers

1974as D'Artagnan's Father (archive footage) (uncredited)

In Search of the Castaways

1962as Yacht Seaman

Swept from the Sea

1997as Mr. Swaffer

The House That Dripped Blood

1971as Neville Rogers (segment 2 "Waxworks")

How About You

2007as Donald Vanston

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

1991as De Nomolos

Daisies in December

1995as Gerald Carmody

Hitler: The Last Ten Days

1973as General Burgdorf

Villain

1971as Edgar Lowis

Heat of the Sun

as Max Van Der vuurst

Pinocchio

2009as Mastro Ciliegia

Silver Bears

1977as Henry Foreman

The Protectors

as Arthur Gordon